questions about double layers and studio 9

[parrotbay]

Unless your VideoStudio specifically says 'Version 9 SE DVD' and not just '9 SE' . Then it will almost certainly NOT burn any DVDs .

If you have the full (not SE) version 9 then yes it will recognise dual layer DVDs providing you select that in the 'Create Disc' option.


I'm not sure which one I have, but I know that it used to burn dl dvds. The last few times that I have went to do them some failure message comes up could this be the problem?

[Ron P.]

Welcome to the forums,

To determine what version you are running, click on the ? icon located in the upper right corner, then select About Ulead Video Studio. The dialog window that opens will provide the Version number. If it is an SE version it will have the SE, or SEDVD included. A full patched version should read Ulead VideoStudio 9.00.1000.

VS9 does support burning dual layer dvds. Make sure you have it set to the proper size DVD. In the burn module (Share>Create Disc), click on the icon located in the lower left corner or press F6 to open the Preferences dialog.

In the Preferences dialog window, there should be only 1 tab (General). At the very bottom you should see DVD Disc Size. You can change the disc size using the drop-down menu.

The last few times that I have went to do them some failure message comes up could this be the problem?

That depends on what type of error occurred? It could be due to the type of video file, the video being corrupt, compatibility issues between your burner and media, or even your workflow. For e.g., did you go straight to the burn module from the editor with your project in the timeline (Share>Create Disc), or did you first do as it is recommended, to create a video file from your project (Share>Create Video File), clear the timeline, then open the burn module (Share>Create Disc) and insert your newly created video files?

[parrotbay]

Ulead VideoStudio 9.00.1000. se dvd is the program that I have

ON the create disc screen where it says available disk space the first 9.27gb the second is 31.25
Isn't the first number what I'm wanting to burn and the second the amount that I have on the disc?
when I click on the burn button the porject over content limitation message comes on

[Ron P.]

In the last window, where you actually burn the disc, the first is the amount of space required, ie; the size of your video files ect., the second number is the available space on your Hard drive, the working folder space. So the 31.25 represents that you have that amount of free space for VS to work with in order to burn the DVD.

[parrotbay]

if I have 31.25 available then why won't it burn the disc?

[Ken Berry]

If it is saying that the project you are trying to burn is 9.27 GB, then it is too large for a DL DVD, which will only take 8.5 GB.

[parrotbay]

The file is to big so I clicked on the little round thing in the left hand corner and change it to make the file smaller. it then burns up to 82 percent and says the calibration message. which I've already study previous posts on that issue but still don't understand what that message means. Could it be b/c I have high speed internet? I've noticed that when I unplug the internet that it burns discs faster. Oh yeah and I tried changing discs and that does nothing

[sjj1805]

Please view:
DVD burning/playback issues

[Ken Berry]

The general experience -- at least as far as it has been reported on this Board by users -- is that the 'reduce to fit' function really doesn't work too well. It only seems to work consistently if the difference in size is fairly small, but in your case, it may be just a little too large to be able to handle correctly.

You have two options: change the bitrate downwards, which will reduce the overall project size. Or else burn the project as it is but not to a DVD. Instead, choose 'DVD Folder' as your burning option. And when the Video_TS folder is prepared, use a third party (and freeware) program like DVD Shrink, or the commercial program Nero Recode (part of the Nero suite), to reduce the size of your project to Dual Layer size, and burn to disc.

[parrotbay]

thank you Ken. I'm gonna try tonight after work to see if I can figure something out. I'll let you know how it goes

[parrotbay]

Or else burn the project as it is but not to a DVD.
Instead,choose 'DVD Folder' as your burning option.

How do you do that?

[Black Lab]

At the burn stage uncheck the Create To Disc box and check the Create DVD Folders box (you may have to click on the double arrows on the right side of the window to reveal). Doing so will create your project to a folder on your HD. From that you can view your project on a pc-based DVD player (such as PowerDVD) and you can burn it to DVD using third party software (such as Nero).

I always burn my projects in this manner.

[parrotbay]

when i check the create dvd folders box and click on burn it says project content over limitation

In the required disc space it says 0 (the 2nd number)

[sjj1805]

Let's pause for a moment and think about those file size figures.

Required/available disc space.
This relates to a DVD disc that is sitting inside your DVD burner.
So if you are burning to a DVD disc it checks to make sure that the disc is big enough. Yours reads zero because either
a. You do not have a disc in the disc drive or
b. You have unpicked the burn to disc option.

Required/Available Hard Drive space.
This is a totally different kettle of fish.
Not only do you need to have room on your hard drive for the completed DVD, you also need some extra temporary hard drive space that the program will use whilst it is creating your DVD. Even a DVD that will eventually fit onto a standard 4.3 GB single layer DVD disc may require 15 GB of hard drive space. Depending upon the format of the source video files and source sound files, they may have to be converted from lets say DV (avi) to MPEG2 and the sound from WAV to Dolby.
Then there are temporary files created to generate the DVD Menu pages which are small videos themselves.